The Sun. — London, England, 1818-10-03 00:00:00

4.114111 DUTCH AND GERMAN PAPERS. I ROM THE FRENCH FRONTtERS, SEPT. 25. 'I write from Lisle, that notwithstanding tL levy of 40,000 men, a great many young men vol , intarilv enlist, as well in the Royal Guard as in the Departmental Legions, which is considered as a proof of the good spirit of the inhabitants of the Northern Departments, as it cannot be ascrib ed to tvant of employment, because the manufac twit-s are for the most part in a flourishing condition. Extract of a Letter from Irun, dated Sept. 12. " The Government has received official and ve v detailed reports respecting the destruction the army of General Osorio, the loss of his ar tiliety, and the dispersion of the few troops who ,scsped the sword of the Insurgents, and were not , aken prisoners ; but nothing has yet been made public about these misfortunes, though they are no longer a secret to any body. Private let ters from various parts of our Colonies have brought very alarming accounts in this respect, which are perhaps exaggerated, on account of the silence of the Madrid Gazette. Thus it is re lated, that General St. Martin pursues his career of victoty 5 that the Insurgents are masters of the mines of Potosi ; that Lima, the capital of Peru, is th!"Catened by them ; and that there is no force . :able to resist them. Another thing which causes _great shunt is, that the convoy from the. Havan nah, which has been expected at Cadiz for this month past, is not yet arrived. This convoy hrings three and a half millions of piastres. The delay begins to make its very uneasy. While we arc is this anxious suspense, the preparations for the great expedition are carried on with extraor dinary activity ; troops of all arms are on the march to Andalusia ; seamen are drawn from ail the ports, and the ships provided with every thing necessary. Three frigates, of 44 guns, are ex pected every moment at Cadiz, to make a part of the expedition ; so that the fleet will consist of fouls ships of the line, six frigates, several cor vuttes, and 30 large transports. It is hoped that this great expedition will be ready to sail for South America in the course of October. The preparations making by the officers, in conse.- quence of their instructions, have given rise to vhis expectation." FRANKFORT, SEPT. 2.3.—We learn from Meek leubur, that the Ordinance of March 4, 1813, respecting the prohibition of the importation of various foreign articles, is abolished, because ex perience has shewn that the Ordinance in ques tion has wholly missed its object. An exception is made with regard to succory (prepared as a sub stitioe for toffee) ; the importation of which re mains prohibited till further orders, and also that of hneign playing cards. Baussass, SEPT. 27.—There are reasons for believing- that at the Congress at Aix-la-Chapelle there will be =de a Supplement to the Acts of Cos.gi , -ss of Vienna, in which, to avoid all cause of war, even remote, the various relations be tween the nations will be regulated ; those of oasigation, commerce, passage, constitutions, public instru c tion, the liberty of the press, the duties of cus[oms on manufactured goods, the re gulation of the posts, and lastly, the military estalilisliments, which, it is said, will be very con bidet able reduced, It appears that it is intended to leave as little as possible to be dime at the _Diet at Frankfort. This explains the arrival at Aix-la-Chapelle of so many publicists, merchants, manufacturers, men of let tto s and science, who, it is affirmed, are to be con :.tilted on tbe subjects in which they are respec• tively.versed. The Duke and Duchess of Kent are going to Aix-la-Chapelle. It is said that their house at Brussels will be occupied by the two Empresses Of Russia, in their expected visits. HEIDELBERG, SEPP. 19.—About sixty emi gratits from Gottingen had arrived at this Univer sity. The Professors, however, considering that what has happened to one University may happen to another, and that one should not derive advan tage from the misfortunes of others, have resolved that wily such of the new corners shall be receiv ed among the Members of the Academy as can bring testimonies of their good conduct ; and silso that they had no share in the disturbances at Gottingen. Of course but few of them were able to do this, and the greater part of the former stu dents of Gottingen have left this place. They re e6ved permission to stay here as visitors merely, tor six weeks. William Augustus Schlegel has lately married the daughter of Professor Paulus of tiii§ city, and has accepted a Professor's Chair in the ,pew University of Bonn. He had the choice offered him between Bonn and Berlin. Here, as in the whole palatinate of the Rhine, there is a great deal said of approaching political changes. FROM THE SPREE, SEPT. 13.—That Prussia is a military State, and from its whole position, must remain so, may be affirmed on good grounds; hat people are still divided in opinion respecting the spirit and destination of the military, The continon idea is, that military and constitution arc contradictory to each other, and that a military State must be the very reverse of a constitutional one. All history shews how erroneous this idea es if Holland and England, as if Hungary and Sweden, nay, even ancient Rome, with more re strictive form of Government than our modern Constitutions, had not been military States, and were not partly so at this moment. A State too, in which the military is a prin cipal part, is not the more powerful and ener getic in war ; nor the development of its strength more rapid, merely because the su preme will is not bound by constitutional ; , 'ruts. Wellington, in the Netherlands, with his constitutional Englishmen, was just as boon ready as Blucher, with his yet uncon stitutional Prussians ; and Buonaparte, the Ge- Iteral-in-Chiet of the Republican French, con tittered as rapidly and as completely as Napo leon the unlimited Emperor. On the other band, military Prussia, with all its exercised troops, fortresses, &c. &c. made but a poor figure at Jena in 1806, for which, certainly, no Constitution can ire. blamed, any more than for the decline of 'flukey, which is also a military State. It is, tlisrsiore, a pretty piece of wit, but, as a truth, 't. - “,thing worth, it the late Field-Marshal Kat kreuth said, shortly before his death, that lie wished the Prussian State a Constitution such as his had been. Our military think and feel very dif f erently, and are of opinion that it is much to their praise. A sense for legal freedom is the true soul of the military profession, and the spirit of conscious strength, such as:is cherished principally in the militaty profession, is the true soul of constitutional forms. WVl►y should not military persons promote popular repre sentation,- and become themselves represen tatives ? Why not approve the arming of the people jointly with the standing army, or even prefer the former ? Our King must certainly not consider the military as so unpopular end unsocial, for it was, doubtless, his intention not to make those• Generals and Officers unhappy whom he placed in the Landwehr, He has also taken such men as Gueisenao and Grottman front the army into the Council of State, and it they can there speak freely and justly in 101 l assembly, ou the general concerns of the State, they would cer tainly do the same in a Chamber of Deputies, if the choice of the people should place them there, as the choice of the King has done here. That the military spirit in Prussia uni:es with the con stitutional, and that the latter supports the for mer, this very circumstance shews the vivifying energy that pervades the political body ; and we cannot allow either that it is not so, or that so it is not good. RaTisnobt, SEPT. 20.—His Majesty the King of Bavaria arrived here ye . sterday morning, at 11 o'clock, to receive the Emperor of Austria, who arrived at four in the afternoon with a suite of forty-five persons. The King immediately waited upon him, and remained to dine with him.. After dinner the Emperor returned the Bang's visit. The two Monarchs attended mass together this !twilling at six o'clock, and having taken the most affectionate leave of each other on leaving the Cathedral, the Emperor departed for Nuremberg, and the King to return to Munich. FRANKFORT, SEPT 24.----.-Their Majesties the King and Queen of Wirtemhtirg have arrived here this evening, and have alighted at the Hotel of Baron Von Wangenheim, their Minister at the Diet. The reigning Duke and time Hereditary Prince of Oldenburg, and his Royal Highness Prince Charles of Bavaria, are also here. The Emperor of Russia sleeps to-night at Folds, dines to-mor row at ‘Vilhelmsbad, and will be here in the af ternoon. The Elector of Hesse and the Electoral Prince went to Dettiogen to meet the Emperor of Austria, who had been escorted by a detachment of the Hussars of the Guard from the frontiers of the Electorate. His Imperial Majesty got into the Elector's carriage, and on arriving at Williehns had was welcomed by the Electoral Prince and Princess, their daughter, and the Landgrave Charles. The Emperor dined with the Electoral family, and proceeded to Mayence, Travellers who have just traversed the Grand Duchy of Baden report, that all soldiers absent on furlough are called in, and that the troops are in motion throughout the ,vlioL of the Grand Duchy. ST. DOMINGO. EXTRACT FROM A rRIVATE LETTER. " We had scarcely cast anchor when the visit ing boat came towards us, having on board seve ral officers of the Haytian army. Their dress consisted of a large bluo sureoat, turned up with red ; large pantaloons, with short boots ; a cock ed hat, with a red feather, two feet in length ; and an enormous sabre at their girdles. The whole gave these black figures an air truly terrific. " After inquiring the news from Europe, they conducted us to the Governor, the Duke de Mar malade. He is an African, about sixty years of age, who has rendered himself equally popular with natives and foreigners, lie confined himself to asking our names and the motives of our voyage, for the purpose of making a communication of them to the King. He then desired us to repair to the 13 iron Duptiy, a Mulatto, about 50 years of age, private Secretary to the King. We were then presented to Prince John, the son of the Monarch, who has a good appearance without in dicating any thing remarkable. At all times I feel pleased in his society, and I must praise him for his politeness. " The Cape presents a picture of desolation.— This town, which at one time contained seventy thousand inhabitants, was regularly built in tire centre of a plain. All the streets were built at right angles, and the houses were of the most ele gant construction. Now the grass covers the streets, and the plundered houses offer nothing but their empty walls. Add to this contrast, a sky constantly serene, vegetation the most vigorous and animated, and the sun most brilliant, I may, however, except from this picture some houses oc cupied by English and American merchants, as also the small number inhabited by the Ilaytian nobility. " I have not D' seen ChristopLe; but he is so seldom at the Cw,,e, that I might reside here three months without finding a single opportunity. He is formed, it is said, like a Hercules, possesses a desperate bravery, and is fired at the sight of clan ger. He has been in the midst of battle, foaming like a tiger, and animating his soldiers by shouts. He is vindictive beyond expression, and appears formed most extravagant ideas of royal grandeur. Despotic and cruel towards the people of his own colour, he causes the laws to be rigor ously enforced, and protects strangers who re spect them. There is no country in Europe where the taxes and the duties of customs are so rigorously enacted, and frauds more effectually prevented." The miners in the employof Colonel BEAustorrr, in the western part of the county of Durham, struck for an advance of wages, on Monday week. That they l►fe no means of subsistence without work is pretty certain, and, therefore, unless an accommodation between the workmen and their employer speedily take place, the parish of Sta►►- hope, whose poor rates are already extremely heavy, is likely to be burdened with an addition of some hundreds of intopers.—(Natvosik Paper.) CORONERS' INQUESTS. LOVE AND INSANITY. Yesterday an Inquest was held at the sign of the Coach and Horses, Chiswell-street, Finsbury-systire, on the body of Mr. Samuel Byrne, aged 20, who put an end to his existence by taking laudanum. It appeared that the deceased resided with his parents, and was observed to be in a very melancholy condition. He had formed a connexion with a female, with whom he had a quarrel, which is supposed to have bten the cause of his melancholy. On Wedriesthty last he left home, and did not return for sometime, when he complained of ill ness, sat down on a chair in the drawing-room, and was sup ported by his father and brother till a surgeon arrived, when the deceased confessed having taken laudanum. He died on ThursiLly inorning. The Jury returned a verdict of " Died by his own act, in taking a quantity of laudanum, being at the time iii a state of insanity." SHOC KING ACCIDENT. Yesterday an Inquest was held at Guy's Hospital, South• wadi, on the body of Owen Brynn, who lied itt consequence of his failing into a vat of all,aline salts. It appealed that the deceased was employed as a coke-burner, by Messrs. Cleavers, Narrow-wall, Lambeth; on Ft iday treninZ last, ottt• of, his fellow• men and deceased quarrelled ; deceased stepped towards the man, who rose, when deceasedtecled backwards and fell in the vat. He was talon to Guy's Hospital that evening; be lived until Thinsday, when he expired. It did not appear that any blows passed between the parties, nor WaS any malice conspicuous on the part of the man who quar relled with the deceased. The almost immediately re turned a verdict of—" Accidental Death." ACCIDENTAL DEATH. An Inquest was held yesterday at the Lord Hood, Rich street, on tire body of George Cow deroy, aged three years and a half, son to Mr. Cowderoy, china-n►erchant, of Rich-street. It appeared that the deceased, who was at play with ;mother child, saw a mug containing fly-water laying on the window ledge, anal liking the appearance of it be draidi it off; his screams brought assistance; the child's mouth was burnt dreadfully, and on opening the body after death, the coats of the stomach were found burnt in a shocking manner. It being proved that the deceased drank it of his Own accord, the Jury retttrned a verdict of—" Accidental Death." DEATH BY EXCESSIVE DRINKING An Inquisition wa6 taken yesterday, at the Ulack - - curse, Vine•street, Chandos-street, upon the body of Michael Cuckering. Several witnesses were examined as to the cause of the deceased's death. It was stated that he was very often in liquor, or rather very seldom sober. On the preceding . evening he was drinking at a public-house in New Round Court, in the Strand, and was so much intoxicated that he was nearly insensible : be had been drinking without cessation fur three days: he was taken home, and though in the situa tion described he wanted more liquor, which was refused him. hie afterwards became perfectly insensible from the effect of the liquor, and expired. The witnesses were of opinion that he was Suffocated by the excessive quantity of liquor which he had drank. Verdict—" Died from excessive drinking." INSALAITY. Yesterday an Inquest was held at the Br'icklayer's Arms, Charlotte-street, Shoreditch, on the body of Mrs. Ann Hen der, aged 40, wife of Mr. W. Hender, of Agnes-terrace, Ta hernacle-walk. It appeared in evidence that the deceased had been for a length of time in an unsound state of mind, but more •especially so for the last fortnight; a few days ago she made an attempt to drown herself, but was pre vented ; she went out on Saturday last, and was brought home after having made an attempt on her life, and on the Sunday morning she was taken ill. The attendance of Dr. Collier was found necessary, to whom she confessed having taken vitriol and laudanum, fur the purpose of de stroying herself. She died on Monday morning in great agony. The deceased had once been confined in St. Luke's Hospital, and was discharged as a recovered lunatic, from which time she felt a dread' at-the thoughts of being sent there again, and an imaginary fear of distress and coming to the work house, although in the most affluent circumstances. She has left three children. Verdict—" insanity." ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE.—A young Lady of amiable manners, about 20 years of age, who for the last two years has resided in the family of a Clergyman in the neighbourhood of Clapham Common, attempted to put a period to her exist euce on Wednesday last, by taking poison. It appears from the statement of a person connected with the family, that this unfortunate young wo man is the daughter of an Officer t in the Army. When about 16 years of age, she was addressed by a Gentleman of considerable property, and it was settled that the marriage should take place on her attaining the age of nineteen. About two years ago her father met with a heavy pecuniary loss, by tire failure of his agent, in consequence of vhich it became necessary that his daughter should employ those talents with which nature had blessed her, and which had been improved by education, in support of herself and in aid of a beloved parent. She fortunately obtained a situa tion in the family above alluded to, where she has ever since remained i❑ the capacity of Gover ness to his daughters, and where she has al ways been treated as a relative. On her la ther's reverse of fortune she was forsaken by her fickle lover, and this conduct on his part plunged the unfortunate girl into a deep melan choly. On Wednesday last, having previously contrived to procure a quantity of laudanum, she retired from the dinner table to her own apart meta, on a plea of indisposition, and when alone she swallowed the deleterious drag. The Lady of the house, however, whose suspicions had been roused by her conduct during the day, fortu nately followed her almost immediately, and dis covered her upon her knees, apparently at prayers. By dint of questions, she at length induced the unfortunate girl to confess the rash act she had committed. Medical aid was instantly called in, and every effort used to counteract tire poison.-- We are happy to say, though against her inclina tion, they were attended with success, and she is now considered as out of danger. Hattoic SACRIFICE.—In the reduction of bands belonging to the diving-hell vessel, in Plymouth Dock-yard, last Friday, a person of the name of Searle was discharged, whose pay, trifling as it was, supported himself, a wife, and six children, and an aged mother. On this being known, a noble fellow (a tar) of the name of Johnson, stepped forward and observed to an officer, ." I am young, have served in the navy, and may get into that service again; let me he discharged in the room of Searle, who has a large family to sup port." His request was complied with, but we are happy to learn this gallant devotedness will not pass unrewarded, as through sonic Gentle men of Plymouth, Johnson is likely to get another birth. Yesterday morning, at eight o'clock, a fire broke out at the Poulterers' Arms, Houey-lnae market, in the upper part of the house ; but by the timely arrival of the engines, and activity of the firemen, and a ready supply of water, it was fortunately extinguished, after burning the roof and doing some small damage to the adjoining houses. Yesterday, John Lee, a man employed in tLe East India Company's water-works, while un loading a cart of some pipes, one of them fell on his hand, and crushed it to pieces. A locked Jaw was the instant effect, and, before he bad or mad at the London Hospital, Lie expired, EXTRAORDINARY G ~a Ji rg i rF' SUADWELL.—A respectable Lady, nam eL op lit vis, residing at Regent's-street, Popla r ' a t ' ; Ot t to Mr. BENNETT, the Sitting Magistiliertb ThtirSdaY last, for advice how to act 0(4 0 1 following ludicroos circumstances :---sh e ,,,, s o eS that she was the owner of a house door to the White Hart, High-street, PoPlerY t resided there for a length of time, but in actf o pI pt and a former tenant had literally been drive es by the frightful noises and ghostly appearlinci the some evil spirits which repeatedly loa n ":sit e place after the hours of twelve and one Wbooe morning, by which not only the inmates of th e for were alarmed, but the whole neighbourh ood 'bo c the last three years their unnatural visitati°soolls nightly been witnessed by hundreds o f 14 4 who gather in the adjoining streets, %coin; w anxiously staring at the house till the restiesso,'Ehe who is " doomed for certain hours to 8 ofst night," issues forth with Isis usual direful s°l. disturbing the whole neighbourbood -- " vben scit b sleepy inhabitants rise from their slumbers'oro, heads resembling " quills upon the fretful r esis ter pine. " The parish officers, agreeable "' i c o nic all assistance, on several occasions reea ireu ; e tbc house, in order to ascertain from what sulir'datl' noise proceeded, or how the evil spirits gailleota' mission into the house; when, to the alte r o de, nishment of all, no discovery could be no; there being no appearance of access, oc else whereby any human form could eut e "f j -t' windows, doors, and every other place bei u .g rs f:p 4 coed. Notwithstanding, at the hour of i l ' ho oft pearance, it is made known by a genera l "There it is—the ghost—tlse ghost !" 8 II" ce s 0 ; instant the street is filled, It then cornMen task, by knocking violently against the Wlt" to nic done with a large maul; and on proceeding , 1 0'. spot where the knocking is beard, it rerO c r ,ov different spot, and when followed, as if t t gg ( 10 5 ed, it screams in a most terrific manner, anise be heard at a great distance. A violent then heard, like some person running. t l r af towards the stairs, similar to a person %Oh o l t he men's shoes, and then runs up and "Aordi , stairs, during which time a terrible yen ° fo r sr as from under the ground, and continues Ali! vend hours ; and what is more surpridiloill more it is followed, the more it disturbs, °boss cannot be seen. By these practices , thebeil4 remains on the owner's hands, every bodY afraid even to live near the place. er sov The above was corroborated by oth er who attended. filer Mr. BENNeTT, the Magistrate, beige n j pro ° tisfied that this nocturnal visitor could be of# or less than flesh and blood, gave ircutt e ` ki t er 4 ders to Neale, Fair, and other officers' ° to ' I P; to the house, and endeavour, if possible,,roslia prebend the Ghost, and bring him before I ) ; ro he should meet with his due reward f° l. ,,L j u 51 labours, but cautioned them not to shoot "' no doubt, he was a poor harmless ghos t ' / g SG' 0 A rTV'IPT To BREAK OUT OF NOV OI-' 4 i fcr d Last night, when the prisoners in Net v g o t locked up, it was discovered that an at t i e ll ? a f t) ; been made by some of the transports to ui r o - fitc°, - * Upon Mr. Brown, the keeper, being t o , c e ", thereof, he endeavoured to ascertain tiPlatitlesb'e the ringleaders : but his efforts proved ( `', e A large iron bar bad been wrenched irigiatdt stair-case, for the purpose of making b 0 0 t ee . ( l l wall, which had been perforated near it i c d l o and three feet wide; the bricks were V i ` e t jari a heap, and it seems it was their iul e , u g stc ti ; / 0 procure some gunpowder to blow away ( 1 1 , 5 bee p work, in order to get through. Search I -3 0 be made for the powder, but none as yet t o orie ( ! t i found.—Last night twenty-five male c o s ;, nineteen of whom were convicted last s e s sver e having forged mates in their possessiono.oo Moved from this prison to the Retribntiortcdto at Sheerness, preparatory to being (109P/iced itj New South Wales. Thomas Boot , seri" de' is tai l 0 seven years' transportation, has, we O o 'o, 0 w been tried above tenty times both 111 country. COURSE OF EXCHANGE, Fartmv, °c l 6 13. au . Amsterdam Ditto, at Sight Atastet &Hu ........ 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